The Basics
• Score: #2 Johns Hopkins-1, Franklin & Marshall-0
• Records: JHU (14-0-2, 10-0 CC) • F&M (11-3-2, 5-3-2 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Homewood Field
• The Short Story:  The second-ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays completed a perfect Centennial Conference season on Saturday afternoon, defeating Franklin & Marshall 1-0.
 
How it Happened
• 1^st Half
Neither team was able to crack the code in the first 45 minutes, sending the game to the break with a 0-0 tie. Graduate forward Riley O'Toole forced the Diplomat keepers hand with a shot in the seventh minute, but Emily Senko made the first save of the contest. Centennial leading scorer Sierra Brophy nearly put the Diplomats on the board in the 9^th minute, but found the crossbar and the game remained 0-0. The Blue Jays put shots on net in the 22^nd and 24^th minutes, but O'Toole and Callie Jones' shot attempts were snuffed out by Senko. Neither team registered a shot on goal over the final 20 minutes of the half.


• 2^nd Half
 
• In the 50^th minute, the Blue Jays struck. As we've seen so many times this season (10 to be exact), it was Katie Sullivan who put the ball in the net for Hopkins. A deflected cross from the far side of the field ended up on the feet of Juliana Taxter. She played a soft touch to Sullivan who turned and clipped it top right for a 1-0 Blue Jay lead.
 
• Despite a few chances in the first half, the Diplomats didn't force a save from Caitlin Hendricks, but she made her first of the contest in the 52^nd minute. Meg O'Callahan put a shot on target, but Hendricks snuffed it out. In the 54^th, O'Toole put another shot on net, but Senko made another save. Moments later, Rachel Jackson's header found the crossbar, keeping the game 1-0. Senko made another save of an O'Toole shot attempt in the 57^th.
 
• Hendricks was called upon in the 70^th to make her second save of the contest as Brophy got a clean look, but Hendricks kept the clean sheet going. In the 80^th, Hendricks made her third save, this time on a shot from Alison Francis. The senior keeper's fourth and final save of the contest came in the 84^th minute on a shot from Dahlia Pepe. The Blue Jays were looking for insurance late, but Senko made back-to-back saves in the 85^th off shots from Sullivan and Lilah Isenberg.  

What it Means
• The Blue Jays had already clinched a share of the regular season Centennial Conference championship, but a win left them alone atop the table with an undefeated season.
 
• This is the sixth time in program history that Johns Hopkins has gone 10-0 in the Centennial Conference season.


Inside the Box Score
• With her 10^th goal of the year, Sullivan has totaled 23 points in 16 games this season. That is good for eighth all-time by a Blue Jay freshman. Sullivan is also the ninth Blue Jay freshman to score 10 goals in a season.
 
• With the victory today, Caitlin Hendricks is tied for 4^th in program history with 32 career wins.
 

 Up Next
• Johns Hopkins will host the Centennial Conference Championships, playing in the semifinal on Friday night.